2023-09-29 11:19:00
Bernard Arnault, Chairman and CEO of LVMH
PARIS (Archyde.com) – The Paris prosecutor’s office confirmed on Friday the existence of an investigation targeting the CEO of LVMH, Bernard Arnault, and that a report from Tracfin on operations likely to constitute money laundering was attached.
The information was initially reported by the newspaper Le Monde, which was able to consult the Tracfin note. According to the daily, the French financial intelligence unit is investigating real estate transactions involving Russian oligarch Nikolai Sarkisov and Bernard Arnault in the upscale ski resort of Courchevel.
“A preliminary investigation has been underway since 2022, and (…)the TRACFIN report drawing the attention of the prosecution to operations concerning Mr. Bernard Arnault and Mr. Sarkisov, likely to characterize acts of money laundering, was attached to this procedure,” said the Paris prosecutor’s office.
Contacted by Archyde.com, LVMH did not respond to requests for comment.
With the newspaper Le Monde, Bernard Arnault’s entourage confirmed the existence of a real estate transaction, carried out “in strict compliance with the laws”, according to a spokesperson for the businessman cited by the daily. .
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